فهرست مطالب

• Cover
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1. Origins of Blockchain Technology
• Electronic Systems and Trust
• Distributed Versus Centralized Versus Decentralized
• Bitcoin Predecessors
• The Bitcoin Experiment
• Bringing Bitcoin to Life
• Summary
• Chapter 2. Cryptocurrency Fundamentals
• Public and Private Keys in Cryptocurrency Systems
• The UTXO Model
• Transactions
• Hashes
• Custody: Who Holds the Keys
• Security Fundamentals
• Mining
• Consensus
• Stakeholders
• Summary
• Chapter 3. Forks and Altchains
• Bitcoin Improvement Proposals
• Understanding Forks
• The Bitcoin Cash Fork
• Altcoins
• “2.0” Chains
• Privacy-Focused Cryptocurrencies
• Ripple and Stellar
• Scaling Blockchains
• The Ethereum Classic Fork
• Summary
• Chapter 4. The Evolution to Ethereum
• Improving Bitcoin’s Limited Functionality
• Ethereum: Taking Mastercoin to the Next Level
• Decentralized Applications (Dapps)
• Deploying and Executing Smart Contracts in Ethereum
• Summary
• Chapter 5. Tokenize Everything
• Tokens on the Ethereum Platform
• Understanding Ethereum Requests for Comment
• Multisignature Contracts
• Decentralized Exchange Contracts
• Summary
• Chapter 6. Market Infrastructure
• Evolution of the Price of Bitcoin
• The Role of Exchanges
• Cryptocurrency Market Structure
• Analysis
• Arbitrage Trading
• Regulatory Challenges
• Exchange APIs and Trading Bots
• Summary
• Chapter 7. Decentralizing Finance and the Web
• Redistribution of Trust
• Decentralizing Finance
• DeFi Services
• Decentralized Exchanges
• Flash Loans
• Privacy
• Web 3.0
• Summary
• Chapter 8. Catch Me If You Can
• The Evolution of Crypto Laundering
• FinCEN Guidance and the Beginning of Regulation
• The FATF and the Travel Rule
• Skirting the Laws
• Avoiding Scrutiny: Regulatory Arbitrage
• Crypto-Based Stablecoins
• Initial Coin Offerings
• Exchange Hacks
• Other Hacks
• Summary
• Chapter 9. Other Blockchains
• What Are Blockchains Good For?
• Databases and Ledgers
• Decentralization Versus Centralization
• Ethereum-Based Privacy Implementations
• Enterprise Implementations
• Blockchain as a Service
• Banking
• Permissioned Ledger Uses
• Libra
• Summary
• Chapter 10. The Future of Blockchain
• The More Things Change
• Blockchains to Watch
• The Scaling Problem
• Privacy
• Interoperability
• Tokenize Everything
• Summary
• Index
• About the Authors
• Colophon